Acer Aspire T136 Aspire T136 Service Guide - Page 40

Power Management Setup The Power Management menu lets you configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings: CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. Power Management Setup ACPI Function Suspend mode Enabled S3(STR) Help Item Soft-off by PWR-BITN Delay 4 Sec Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled PS2 Keyboard Wakeup Disabled PS2 Mouse Wakeup Disabled Resume On PME Disabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 Enabled PWRON After PWR-Fail Last State KLIJ :Move Enter: Select +/-/ :Value F10: Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7: Optimized Defaults The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings. Parameter ACPI Function Suspend Mode Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Power Management 34 Description Options This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI aware, such as Windows 98SE/2000/Me, select Enabled. Enabled Disabled This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. S1(POS): The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware maintains all system context. S3 (STR): The S3 sleep mode is s power-down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wake-capable devices and all system context is saved to main memory. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the PC to the previous state when an wake-up event occurs. S1 (POS) S3 (STR) This option is used to set the power down method. This function is only valid for systems using an ATX power supply. When ""nstant off" is selected, press the power switch to immediately turn off power. When "delay 4 sec" is selected, press and hole the power button for four seconds to turn off power. Instand Off Delay 4 Sec. Use this item to enable or disable a power management scheme. If you enable power management, you can use this item below to set the power management operation. Enabled Disabled Chapter 2